Al Bayda, Yemen
# Al Bayda, Yemen

Al Bayda (Arabic: ٱلْبَيْضَاء, romanized: Al-Bayḍāʾ, not to be confused with Al-Bayda' in Al-Jawf, the ancient Nashaq), also transliterated as Baida, Al-Baidhah or Beida, is a town in the Governorate of Al-Bayda in Yemen.

It is located 130 miles (210 kilometres) SE of Sana'a. Rada' (Arabic: رَدَاع, romanized: Radāʿ) is the present capital of the Governorate of Al Bayda.

## History

It is the historical capital of the Beda Sultanate from 1636 until 1930.

On 8 October 2014, at least nine people were killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda militants on security and government buildings in the town, officials say. The official Saba News Agency said car bombs were used in the dawn assault, which was repelled.

In July 2021, al-Bayda was the site of intense fighting between Yemeni government-backed forces (aided by ally Saudi Arabia) on the one side and Houthi fighters on the other.

## Population

According to the 2011 Yemeni census, its population is 29,853.

## Climate

Climate data for Al Bayda' :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 19.1 (66.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 23 (73) | 23.1 (73.6) | 24.6 (76.3) | 26.7 (80.1) | 24.4 (75.9) | 23.7 (74.7) | 23.8 (74.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19 (66) | 22.5 (72.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 10.9 (51.6) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.8 (58.6) | 16.7 (62.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.2 (64.8) | 17.7 (63.9) | 16.6 (61.9) | 14.7 (58.5) | 12.2 (54.0) | 11.2 (52.2) | 14.6 (58.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 1.2 (34.2) | 1.3 (34.3) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.6 (43.9) | 8.8 (47.8) | 9.1 (48.4) | 12.1 (53.8) | 11.7 (53.1) | 9.5 (49.1) | 7.4 (45.3) | 5 (41) | 3.4 (38.1) | 6.8 (44.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 7 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 19 (0.7) | 51 (2.0) | 45 (1.8) | 15 (0.6) | 81 (3.2) | 120 (4.7) | 35 (1.4) | 6 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 3 (0.1) | 399 (15.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org ||||||||||||||
